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17/01/2002 Nyiragongo eruption

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Nyiragongo Volcano and the Volcanic Observatory of Goma, Congo

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Beta footage of the last 24 hours developments

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Mount Nyiragongo: A look at the world’s largest lava lake

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Carsten Peter: Inside the Nyiragongo Volcano | Nat Geo Live

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The most amazing video of Nyiragongo lava lake Congo Africa

Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 meters located the Virunga Mountains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. About 147 people died in the eruption of asphyxiation by carbon dioxide. The disaster also left about 120,000 people homeless.